Curtain-holder.



A. MATTERNt CURTAIN HOLDER, K APPLIUATION FILED MAB. 1. 1911.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

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Application filed March 1,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST MATTERN, a citizen of the United States, residing -at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to curtain holders, and more particularly to the class of adjustable window curtain holders.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a holder in which the curtain brackets may be adjusted for receiving and supporting a curtain pole, the brackets being firmly and securely fastened to a window casing and are adapted to firmly hold the pole.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character which is simple in construction, capable of being made from sheet metal, and that is thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing, the ligure shows a perspective view of a curtain pole holder constructed in accordance with the invention.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.

Referring to the drawing by numerals the curtain pole supporting bracket comprises a substantially triangular-shaped frame formed from a single piece of metal strip 26, one end of which is riveted, as at 27, spaced from the o-pposite end thereof, the free end of the strip 26 being bent to form an offset 28, the latter adapted for det-achable engagement with a hanger, whereby the said frame fo-rmed by the strip 26 will be removably connected thereto.

Formed in the top portion of the frame formed by the strip 26 and in the front end thereof, are suitable slots 29 and 30, respectively, the slot 30 receiving the straight shank 3l of a pole holder, the forward end of the latter being bent to form a hook in which the curtain pole 33 rests, the free end of the hook 32 being flattened and provided with a threaded aperture receiving a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 23, 1912.

1911. Serial No. 611,549.

binding screw 34 which serves to lock the pole 33 in the hook 32 of the holder, the head of the binding screw 34 being suitably ornamented to give a neat appearance thereto. This shank 3l, at its inner end, is flattened, as at 35, and provided with an upturned lug 37 adapted for engagement in any one of branch slots 36 formed at intervals in the strip 26 transversely of the slot 30, the lug 37 being correspondingly shaped to the said branch slots 36, and when engaged in one of the same will hold the pole holder in adjusted position and against sliding movement in the bracket. Riveted in the flattened inner end of the shank 3l of' the pole holder is the stem 38 of a finger engaging eye member 39 which permits the adjustment by hand of the holder of the curtain pole.

It will be noted that when the eye member 39 has been turned into alinement with the shank 3l of the pole holder, the lug 37 may be disengaged from the branch slots for the adjustment of the pole holder. After the pole holder has been properly adjusted and the lug 37 engaged in one of the branch slots, ,the eye member 39 is turned at right angles to the shank 3l, thereby locking the pole holder in adjusted position.

In practice, the curtain holders are properly positioned in pairs upon a window casmg.

lVhat is claimed is:

l. A curtain pole support, comprising a frame formed from a single piece of metal bent into substantially triangular shape, one end of the metal being secured spaced from its other end, the free end of the metal being bent to form an offset extension for detachable engagement with the shade bracket, the said frame being formed with a slot in its top and front, a pole holder' having a shank passed through the slot in the front of the frame, and means engageable in the slot in the top of the frame and carried by the shank for locking the holder in adjusted position in the frame.

2. A curtain pole support, comprising a frame formed from a single piece of metal bent into substantially triangular shape, one end of the metal being secured spaced from its other end, the free end of the metal being bent to form an offset extension for detachable engagement with the shade bracket, the said frame being formed with a slot in its top and front, a pole holder havpole holder in adjusted position in the le ing a shank passed through the slot in the frame.

front of the frame and having an upturned In testimony whereof I aiX my signature nib, thehsaid rame beng providedhin itis1 in presence of two Witnesses.

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the slot for looking the nib to sustain the HOWARD S. SHELDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, ID. C. 

